[Hiram]

I still maintain cars myself: the oil, belts, hoses, plugs, etc...

Yep, me too.  Last job I did was some new glow plugs.  Before that it was some new front brake pads.  I had to buy a couple concrete blocks to rest the car on, as I only have the scissor jack that comes with the car (I wasn't going to use that) and not a garage jack.

[Hiram]

...boy that brings back memories. I had one of those: a heavy black phone with metal rotary dial that was kind of hard to turn and made it feel like you were slicing off the tip of your finger!

Which always makes me wonder why, in the US, the emergency number is 911.  Here it is 999, but surely it should have been 111.

[pedonbio]

Which always makes me wonder why, in the US, the emergency number is 911.  Here it is 999, but surely it should have been 111.

When the conversion was made (1966? 67?) that was explained. Using a rotary dial the switching equipment couldn't differentiate between dialing 1-1-1 and breaking the circuit three (or more) times. You can still do it using a push-button phone. Next time you dial a number with a "1" in it, don't dial "1", but hit one of the hang-up buttons. It will still complete the number.

When I was young, there were many funny tricks you could play with an analog phone. My favorite was dialing the three-number sequence that would make the phone ring.

[Hiram]

When the conversion was made (1966? 67?) that was explained.

Thanks for explaining that.  It's been something I've wondered about for a while. 

[gOOber]

Magicano, you might want to delete that link. It has pics of juveniles. Sorry.

[Magiciano]

Magicano, you might want to delete that link. It has pics of juveniles. Sorry.

Thanks

[gOOber]

Damn hippies. GET A JOB!!!

[gOOber]

In 1953, this pic was as hot as any pic of Chloe Vevrier is today.

[WadeWilsonEsquire]

I thought about this one recently.

Do you guys remember when television actually WENT OFF.

You couldn't just flip on the tube after the late show concluded because the majority of channels were off air. Amazing thought for me.

[solvegas]

I thought about this one recently.

Do you guys remember when television actually WENT OFF.

You couldn't just flip on the tube after the late show concluded because the majority of channels were off air. Amazing thought for me.

Oh yeah. I remember when we got our first UHF channel and had to get that round antenna to make it work. Or the pride my pappy had when he got a newfangled, motor driven, multi-directional, long range, all purpose antenna ( wind resistant too  ) for our brand new Admiral color TV with Hi-Fi AM AND FM radio tuner with a turntable rcord player able to do FOUR LP vinyl records in a row which set him back $600 back in 1966. My mother was pissed 'cause the old black and white Zenith worked just fine. And we had FIVE whole channels ( three networks and two independent UHF ) but like today, there is still nuthin' worthwhile to watch  .

[WadeWilsonEsquire]

Those old sets with the record player on top sure as heck look classy.

Sure they aren't 52'' inch flat screens but they combined furniture with functionality .

[solvegas]

Those old sets with the record player on top sure as heck look classy.

Sure they aren't 52'' inch flat screens but they combined furniture with functionality .

Yes, and they were made with real wood, no particle board shit.

[gOOber]

 I wasn`t all that young.

[solvegas]

I wasn`t all that young.

Brings back memories. My first VCR I bought in Sears, on sale, for $850 in 1981. It was a Panasonic, all metal, top loaded VHS tape player with a wire remote. For a poor ass sailor it sure was a huge chunk of moolah to spend. I bought it because even though the Sony Beta machines were of better sound and image quality, they cost about $200 more  . Mind you, this was a lot of money for me then. Back in 1974 I bought my first car, a 68 Impala, for $900 and just a few years later I was buying electronic doodahs for about the same. So that photo makes me smile. 

[SwitcherX]

I wasn`t all that young.

I spent years trading videotapes and building up a collection that made people on other continents send me a SASE(when was the last time anyone sent one of those?) for my trade list.

Today everything is on DVD, or available for streaming.

It's now nothing more than a single box in a crawl space.

*Sigh*...




P.S.   I must commend you on your hand-drawn labels.